I've got Valhoma "Big Dog" padded collars. LJ designed them and sold them years ago. Still have a few new ones I've yet to use. They are 3 or 4 ply, my complaint about this particular padded collar is they get really hard. Washing them helps, but eventually the threading doesn't hold the material. They also have a velcro strip on the end to hold the excess snug past the keeper, which fails eventually.

I've noticed Bulldog Supply uses a different padding, I am also thinking of trying them.

Any of these same issues I described with the BS collars?

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